Arkansas Code Title 21. Public Officers and Employees § 21-4-215. Leave for bone marrow or organ donation

(1) “Bone marrow donor” means a person from whose body bone marrow is taken to be transferred to the body of another person;

(2) “Organ” means a human organ that is capable of being transferred from the body of a person to the body of another person, including eyes;

(3) “Organ donor” means a person from whose body an organ is taken to be transferred to the body of another person;

(4) “Public school” means any public school or education service cooperative located in the State of Arkansas;

(5) “Public school employee” means a full-time employee of a public school or education service cooperative;

(6) “State agency” means an agency, bureau, board, or commission of any branch of state government, and all state-supported institutions of higher education; and

(7) “State employee” means a full-time employee of the State of Arkansas or any branch, department, board, bureau, commission, or state-supported institution of higher education.

(1) No more than seven (7) days of leave to serve as a bone marrow donor; and

(2) No more than thirty (30) days of leave to serve as an organ donor.

(1) Request the leave in writing;

(2) Provide the employing agency written verification by the physician to perform the transplantation that the employee is to serve as a human organ or bone marrow donor; and

(3) Provide the employing agency written verification by the physician performing the transplantation that the employee did serve as a human organ or bone marrow donor.